We can be self-reliant in pulses

Peak pulses output was achieved in 2010-11. The only way to become self-sufficient is to improve yields through technology. The government's fourth advance and final estimates for agricultural crop production during 2010-11 has disclosed highest ever output of foodgrains (241.6 million tonnes or mt), that includes wheat (85.9 mt), coarse cereals (42.2 mt), pulses (18.1 mt) as well as oilseeds (31.1 mt) and cotton (33.4 million bales).

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